Maldump

What Maldump does

Guided SUSA tool journey

Maldump supports malware analysis. In this guide, you will use it to extract a selected suspicious process or region from a supplied training image. The procedure and screenshots provide the practical reference; the surrounding context explains what to record and how to judge the result.

Tool guide at a glance

Investigation task

Extract a selected suspicious process or region from a supplied training image.

Starting material

An inert or purpose-built training sample stored in a disposable isolated analysis VM.

Successful outcome

A static observation or capability finding with sample hash, tool output, and confidence statement.

Evidence and safety

Do not execute unknown samples on SUSA. Disable shared folders and credentials, and use only authorised training material. Record the input identifier, tool version, relevant commands or settings, time and time zone, output location, and any errors or limitations as you work.

Choose your journey

01Understand the evidenceLearn the malware analysis concepts and limitations.Complete when you can explain what the evidence can and cannot show.Beginner · No tool required · 15–25 min 02Follow the Maldump guideWork through the commands, screenshots, and instructional sequence below.Complete when the documented workflow produces its expected output.Guided · SUSA workstation · Time varies 03Interactive labPractise the tool workflow in a safe browser simulation.Complete when the guided result is supported by the case evidence.Beginner · Browser only · 10–20 min 04Full LabInvestigate an authorised training scenario with fewer prompts and preserve a reviewable result.Complete when another analyst can reproduce and verify the outcome.Intermediate · Isolated lab · 45–90 min

How the labs complement this guide

The Interactive Lab is a safe browser simulation for practising the workflow and validation logic. The Full Lab is an independent exercise for an isolated, authorised environment. Confirm the installed tool version and expected output before relying on either exercise in a real case.

Accessing Maldump in SUSA

Maldump makes it easy to extract quarantined files of multiple AVs from a live system or a mounted disk image.

Install PDM

PDM is a modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards.

Use a disposable analysis environment

This command downloads and immediately executes an internet-hosted installation script. Run it only in an authorised, disposable build or analysis VM, never on original evidence or a production endpoint. Review the script at the official PDM project before execution, take a VM snapshot and record the installed version.

Open an administrator PowerShell prompt and run the following command:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://pdm-project.org/install.ps1 | iex"

Install Visual Studio Build Tools for C++

Download Visual Studio Build Tools for C++.

Open the downloaded executable and click Yes to install.

Click Continue.

Select Desktop development with C++ and click Install.

Once the installation is complete, click OK and restart Windows.

Install Maldump

Open an administrator Command Prompt and run the following command to install Maldump:

pip install maldump

Alternatively, navigate to C:\Tools and run the following commands to install Maldump:

git clone https://github.com/NUKIB/maldump
cd maldump
pdm install
pdm run python -m maldump

Testing Maldump

List quarantine files located on disk C

maldump C:\

Dump quarantine files from disk C into archive quarantine.tar

maldump C:\ --quar

Export quarantine metadata from disk C into quarantine.csv

maldump C:\ --meta

The quaraintine.csv file can be opened in Timeline Explorer and it contains quarantine metadata.